Two public artworks erected to commemorate the victims of slavery in the Dutch colonies have been vandalised on the weekend that king Willem-Alexander apologised for the Netherlands’ slave trading past. An unauthorised monument in the Zeeland port of Vlissingen was covered in stickers of Dutch flags, while slogans including “White minority 2070” and “Media are the enemy” were sprayed around it. In Eindhoven, a sculpture of a leg iron and chain was wrenched from its pedestal on Sunday, two days…
Vandals attack two monuments to slavery during Keti Koti weekend
